On the dispersal of leatherback turtle hatchlings from Mesoamerican nesting beaches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1737, 2012, Pages 2391-2395

  Shillinger, George L ^a,b   Di Lorenzo, Emanuele ^c   Luo, Hao ^c   Bograd, Steven J ^d   Hazen, Elliott L ^d   Bailey, Helen ^e   Spotila, James R ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tag A Giant   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Eastern Pacific Ocean; Hatchlings; Leatherback turtle; Life history; Regional ocean modelling system

Indexed keywords

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; NESTING; NEWBORN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURTLE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PACIFIC OCEAN; TURTLES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84862741985     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2348     Document Type: Article

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